Cocos (Keeling) Islands Visiting Birds

 

Date of Issue : 26 Feb 2008

Postmark : Cocos (Keeling) Islands WA 6799

Denomination : 2 x 50c, AU$1.00 and AU$1.45

Stamp Size : 26 mm x 37.5 mm (50c); 37.5 mm x 26 mm (AU$1.00 and AU$1.45)

Paper : Tullis Russell

Printing Process : Lithography

The bird population of Cocos (Keeling) Islands can be classified as endemic – birds that breed on the island; migratory non-breeding visitors as well as vagrants – irregular visiting birds that periodically "drop in" on their migratory route. This stamp issue features four of the vagrant or visiting birds to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands – the Back-winged Stilt (50c), Chinese Pond Heron (50c), White-breasted Waterhen (AU$1.00) and the Saunders' Tern (AU$1.45).